In one uncommon subtype, the person may be largely mute, remain motionless in bizarre postures, or exhibit purposeless agitation, all signs of catatonia.

Other papers remained largely mute.

YouTube pictures may have played a positive role in the uprisings of the Arab Spring, but the international media is largely mute about how easy it is to manipulate them.

As a master of ceremonies, the Pedel is largely mute.

Once he had spoken his mind, in comments that included scatological and anatomical references, and had given the largely mute reporters a chance to reply, the forthright Krzyzewski believed the matter was settled.

Mr. Bush has remained largely mute on the recent spike in gasoline prices, even as Mr. Gore loudly accuses oil companies of price gouging, antitrust violations and collusion.

The twins, though largely mute and physically impaired from years of confinement, nevertheless illuminate the screen with their awkward intelligence and palpable delight in freedom.

Unger argues that the idea of transformative vocation is an insurgent, growing ideas in the world, waging "a largely mute spiritual struggle against the other two notions of work."

The crowd, which had roared with Agassi's brief revival in the third, remained largely mute as their favorite played as if numbed himself.

Although the largely mute crowd couldn't help but be fascinated by the matchup, it also couldn't reconcile itself to backing either sister except the one who happened to be behind at the moment.